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Cadillac CTS Demonstrates Future V2I Technology

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Cadillac rolled out its very own vehicle-to-vehicle technology earlier this year, which gives the CTS the ability to communicate with other V2V-equipped cars, but the luxury brand is taking things a step further.

Cadillac announced it has successfully tested a CTS development car with vehicle-to-infrastructure technology (V2I). V2I technology allows a car to essentially “talk” to its environment, which can include alerts surrounding safety, mobility and environment-related conditions up ahead.

For its test, Cadillac successfully implemented V2I technology to let the CTS communicate with traffic signals. The signals were able to communicate with the car and send real-time data to the car via Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC). In turn, this alerted the driver of the signal’s operation and warned the driver he or she may be in danger of running a red light at the current speed.

Of course, this kind of alert can help avoid instances where drivers slam the brakes or abruptly accelerate to avoid such an instance.

Cadillac ensures total privacy with the development of the technology, however. For example, if the driver were to run the red light, the traffic signal can state a vehicle performed the infraction, but it will not record vehicle or drive data such as VIN or registration. In an ever-connected world, privacy is becoming paramount.

One day, cars may not only talk to each other but have conversations with all sorts of equipment and infrastructure. V2V capability is a standard feature on the 2017 Cadillac CTS, but we’ll have to wait awhile longer before we give cars a license to chat with traffic signals with V2I.

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5 Comments

Just looking at the picture of Cadillac’s future V2I Technology and you can see issues as the display is much too small which translates to meaning that the touch sensitive buttons are small; Cadillac needs to consider using a 12-inch 4K display so that drivers don’t need to spend time looking for information as everything is visible at a glance with a LARGE touch sensitive buttons with a fast processor that will responds quickly to hand gestures and an OS that is intuitive so that anyone can operate without reading a manual which is something most buyers will not read unless necessary (an OnStar interactive tutorial could help).

These complaints are ridiculous! They don’t need a bigger screen, don’t need 4k screen, don’t need buttons to be bigger, what Cadillac needs is to sell cars to people that will take the time to learn the system. Instead of just complaining about how it works!

Take a few mins before you start driving the car to learn how to navigate each page. So that you don’t need to look for the bottom you need while your driving!

Why do you people make this so complicated? It’s not! I think some people just want Cadillac to spend as much money as possible.

This feature is a vital element for successful autonomous driving, as the vehicle will know what is happening at every intersection before arriving. If the traffic device can transmit a countdown of its “green” time, the AV (autonomous vehicle) can determine if it can drive through safely or slow down to stop.

When are they going to have separate battery for computers and to start the car without having battery drain so you have to get a jump start if you do not start the car every four or five days? If they solve that problem, let me know as have to have a battery tender to keep battery from going dead.

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